Category Archives: ESL Links

December 30, 2003 – Washington — The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular annual reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. In … Continue reading →

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Blogging, or keeping a weblog, is often seen as a solitary effort. An individual can type frequent updates onto their log, sharing opinions or ideas with anyone with Internet access. The future of blogging could look a lot different. The … Continue reading →

The Dowbrigade, whose social life makes Airport Ramada look like Paris Hilton, has been invited to a party tonight. Not exactly a New Year’s Eve party (that would be too much to ask for), but close; a Day-Before-New-Year’s-Eve Party.  Actually, … Continue reading →

Joan Anderman, writing in today’s Boston Globe, has some very interesting observations on inter-generational taste in music. She is a music critic, and up on Foo Fighters or Ben Harper or Korn or Sheryl Crow, while her kids go nuts … Continue reading →

This story from today’s Globe highlights the lack of consistency in resolution of legal conflicts, especially if one of the parties is a citizen and the other is not. And extra-especially if one of the parties is Harvard… CAMBRIDGE — … Continue reading →

"Don’t you think Jerry Falwell reminds you a lot more of the Pharisees than he does of the teachings of Jesus? And don’t you think this campaign ought to be about evicting the money changers from the temple?” Howard Dean … Continue reading →

The Dowbrigade thought he was tracking the current Democratic campaign pretty closely, but a quiz in today’s NY Times reveals how inadequate our best efforts were. Obviously, we need to spend at least a couple of extra hours a day … Continue reading →

McLEAN, Va., Dec. 27 (AP) When the Central Intelligence Agency’s gadget makers invented a listening device for the Asian jungles, they disguised it so the enemy would not be tempted to pick it up and examine it: The device looked … Continue reading →

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A naked man got stuck in the chimney of a bookstore early Christmas morning. Don’t worry, it wasn’t Santa Claus. The 34-year-old man was treated Thursday for bruises and abrasions at Hennepin County Medical Center after being … Continue reading →

The deck of playing cards has become the 21st century version of wanted posters, trading cards or commemorative dinner plates. The Dowbrigade still remembers the first deck of non-standard playing cards he ever saw, at Beaver Camp for Boys, when … Continue reading →

BAM, Iran (Reuters) – A pre-dawn earthquake razed much of the ancient Silk Road city of Bam in Iran on Friday, killing more than 20,000 people and injuring tens of thousands more, government officials said. About 70 per cent of … Continue reading →